Thursday, October 29, 2009

He sends one of your boys to the hospital. You send one of his to the morgue.

That’s the Chicago Way. ******************************Adam Andrzejewski [R-Hinsdale]:...I had 83% of probable Republican voters—did not know who I was-- and I was still ahead of Senator Dillard, Chairman Schillerstrom and Dan Proft. I was one point behind the failed chair of our Party, Andy McKenna. I was within the margin of error of Senator Brady…now these guys have... [Watch the show on your computer] ***********************************Jeff Berkowitz’s interview with Republican Primary Gubernatorial Candidate Adam Andrzejewski is now streaming here. Andrzejewski, 39, a self made retired millionaire who claims to have a net worth in excess of ten million dollars (tax returns posted here), welcomes both Andy McKenna, Jr. and Jim Ryan to the race, but questions whether the strategy being taken by the dynamic duo is good for the Party or the State. Andrzejewski also cites a poll of Jim Ryan’s placing Adam within the margin of error of frontrunner, 15 year state legislator, Senator Bill Brady (R-Bloomington).

Andrzejewski grew up in downstate Herscher, IL and now lives in DuPage County, in the suburb of Hinsdale, about 30 miles west of Chicago, IL (also the home of Senator and Gov candidate Kirk Dillard) with his wife Kerry and three daughters.

For more about the show with Andrzejewski, including this week’s Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule of the show with Andrzejewski on “Public Affairs,” and the show’s topics, pleasego here. The show with Andrzejewski also airs next week in Aurora and Rockford, and the week after in the City of Chicago. **************************************************** The Chicago Way?

Jeff Berkowitz: Here’s a line I borrowed [from Sean Connery in the Untouchables, via Chris Wallace on last week’s Fox News Sunday]

He pulls a knife, you pull a gun.

He sends one of your boys to the hospital. You send one of his to the morgue.

That’s the Chicago Way.

Jeff Berkowitz: I mean is this [process] really Hardball. You feeling this now, just running in the Republican Primary or does the Chicago Way just refer to Democratic politics…***********************************************Andy McKenna, Jr. and Jim Ryan parachute into the Governor's Race

Adam Andrzejewski [Republican Primary Candidate for Governor]…When I declared eight months ago. I felt, you’ve got to get out, you’ve got to meet the people, you’ve got to shake the hands, you’ve got to hear what’s important to people. I think two of these guys [McKenna and Ryan] have a different strategy.

Adam Andrzejewski: No, I just think it is bad for the Party. I think it is bad for Illinois.

Jeff Berkowitz: Why is it bad for the Party?

Adam Andrzejewski [R-Hinsdale]: Well, the problem with the Party has been an abject lack of leadership. It has been an abject lack of workers on the ground. And, it has been an abject lack of policies and good ideas and push back versus the Democrats. When you parachute in with one hundred days to go, you haven’t built the Party. One of the hallmarks of my campaign is I have been running with clean conservatives that we’ve identified on the ground. They’re running for precinct committeemen while I am running for Governor. We’ve identified hundreds of those people. Andy McKenna, coming in here in the 11th hour, he hasn’t done—not only didn’t he do that as Party Chairman, but he’s not doing that in his campaign for Governor. And, neither is Jim Ryan. I don’t begrudge them the race…But, I do think it is bad for Illinois that these guys have not shook the hands, listened to people … been vetted by people. Look, these are the days, after George Ryan—

Jeff Berkowitz: Well, maybe they would say they don’t have to because they have been in politics…multiple terms at Attorney General for Jim Ryan, he ran for Governor in 2002…

Adam Andrzejewski [R-Hinsdale]: A long time ago.

Jim Ryan's poll: Good for Jim? Good for Adam?

Jeff Berkowitz: …[He has] a lot of name recognition. [Jim Ryan] says his polling shows him doing better than the folks who are in this race now. And, he hasn’t been doing what you have been doing. You are little known- you have to admit…You have run one TV ad. People are saying if you have, as you have suggested, more than ten million dollars in net worth, why aren’t you out there developing your name, running more TV?

Adam Andrzejewski [R-Hinsdale]: …The poll that I like, it was Jim Ryan’s poll, it had me with zero negatives and 5% positives and I was …the candidate in that poll that played well in every segment of Illinois and that was before I went up statewide, with radio and television…

Jeff Berkowitz: What’s your name recognition across the state of Illinois…

Adam Andrzejewski [R-Hinsdale]: …I was ahead of Senator Dillard; I was ahead of Chairman Schillerstrom-